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    • KOMK
      KOM
      last edited by

      Yes, I get it. Post screens of your client config.

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      • manjotscM
        manjotsc
        last edited by manjotsc

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        Vendor: HP
        Version: P01 Ver. 02.50
        Release Date: Wed Jul 17 2024
        Boot Method: UEFI
        24.11-RELEASE (amd64)
        FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT
        CPU Type: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7500 CPU @ 3.40GHz
        Current: 3606 MHz, Max: 3400 MHz
        4 CPUs : 1 package(s) x 4 core(s)

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        • KOMK
          KOM
          last edited by KOM

          Your settings closely match the FastestVPN pfSense guide:

          https://support.fastestvpn.com/tutorials/more-devices/pfsense

          Notable differences are you've added the Fast I/O to Custom Options when there is a checkbox for it, and they tell you to use a Send/Receive buffer of 512 while you left it at default. Fix those two issues and then try again.

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          • manjotscM
            manjotsc
            last edited by

            Just did, but same error

            Screenshot_20191016-104838_Chrome.jpg

            Vendor: HP
            Version: P01 Ver. 02.50
            Release Date: Wed Jul 17 2024
            Boot Method: UEFI
            24.11-RELEASE (amd64)
            FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT
            CPU Type: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7500 CPU @ 3.40GHz
            Current: 3606 MHz, Max: 3400 MHz
            4 CPUs : 1 package(s) x 4 core(s)

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            • RicoR
              Rico LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance
              last edited by Rico

              The reason for the fatal error is clearly in the logs

              Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 neither stdin nor stderr are a tty device and you have neither a controlling tty nor systemd - can't ask for 'Enter Auth Username:'. If you used --daemon, you need to use --askpass to make passphrase-protected keys work, and you can not use --auth-nocache.
              

              -Rico

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              • KOMK
                KOM
                last edited by

                Hmmm. Anything in your log file just before this line?

                Oct 14 21:27:45 openvpn 71849 Exiting due to fatal error
                

                @Rico That might just be a warning and not the actual cause of the fatal exit. His settings look good and I can't imagine how he would get into this situation.

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                • manjotscM
                  manjotsc @KOM
                  last edited by

                  @KOM so any solution?

                  Vendor: HP
                  Version: P01 Ver. 02.50
                  Release Date: Wed Jul 17 2024
                  Boot Method: UEFI
                  24.11-RELEASE (amd64)
                  FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT
                  CPU Type: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7500 CPU @ 3.40GHz
                  Current: 3606 MHz, Max: 3400 MHz
                  4 CPUs : 1 package(s) x 4 core(s)

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                  • KOMK
                    KOM
                    last edited by

                    I'm waiting for you to answer my question.

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                    • manjotscM
                      manjotsc @KOM
                      last edited by

                      @KOM
                      Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 Exiting due to fatal error
                      Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 neither stdin nor stderr are a tty device and you have neither a controlling tty nor systemd - can't ask for 'Enter Auth Username:'. If you used --daemon, you need to use --askpass to make passphrase-protected keys work, and you can not use --auth-nocache.
                      Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 library versions: OpenSSL 1.0.2o-freebsd 27 Mar 2018, LZO 2.10
                      Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 OpenVPN 2.4.6 amd64-portbld-freebsd11.2 [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [LZ4] [MH/RECVDA] [AEAD] built on Oct 3 2018
                      Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 auth_user_pass_file = 'stdin'
                      Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 pull = ENABLED
                      Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 client = ENABLED
                      Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 port_share_port = '[UNDEF]'
                      Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 port_share_host = '[UNDEF]'
                      Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 auth_token_lifetime = 0
                      Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 auth_token_generate = DISABLED
                      Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 auth_user_pass_verify_script_via_file = DISABLED
                      Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 auth_user_pass_verify_script = '[UNDEF]'
                      Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 max_routes_per_client = 256
                      Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 max_clients = 1024
                      Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 cf_per = 0
                      Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 cf_max = 0
                      Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 duplicate_cn = DISABLED
                      Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 enable_c2c = DISABLED
                      Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 push_ifconfig_ipv6_remote = ::
                      Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 push_ifconfig_ipv6_local = ::/0
                      Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 push_ifconfig_ipv6_defined = DISABLED
                      Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 push_ifconfig_remote_netmask = 0.0.0.0
                      Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 push_ifconfig_local = 0.0.0.0
                      Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 push_ifconfig_defined = DISABLED
                      Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 tmp_dir = '/tmp'
                      Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 ccd_exclusive = DISABLED
                      Oct 16 10:47:49 openvpn 86796 client_config_dir = '[UNDEF]'

                      Vendor: HP
                      Version: P01 Ver. 02.50
                      Release Date: Wed Jul 17 2024
                      Boot Method: UEFI
                      24.11-RELEASE (amd64)
                      FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT
                      CPU Type: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7500 CPU @ 3.40GHz
                      Current: 3606 MHz, Max: 3400 MHz
                      4 CPUs : 1 package(s) x 4 core(s)

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                      • KOMK
                        KOM
                        last edited by

                        That doesn't answer my question. Were there any events that happened BEFORE the fatal error message? I can't tell if that log shows old events first or new events since they're all at the same timestamp.

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                        • manjotscM
                          manjotsc
                          last edited by

                          Ok let me check the order

                          Vendor: HP
                          Version: P01 Ver. 02.50
                          Release Date: Wed Jul 17 2024
                          Boot Method: UEFI
                          24.11-RELEASE (amd64)
                          FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT
                          CPU Type: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7500 CPU @ 3.40GHz
                          Current: 3606 MHz, Max: 3400 MHz
                          4 CPUs : 1 package(s) x 4 core(s)

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                          • manjotscM
                            manjotsc
                            last edited by

                            It's newest entry on top, followed by old ones

                            Screenshot_20191016-124249_Chrome.jpg

                            Vendor: HP
                            Version: P01 Ver. 02.50
                            Release Date: Wed Jul 17 2024
                            Boot Method: UEFI
                            24.11-RELEASE (amd64)
                            FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT
                            CPU Type: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7500 CPU @ 3.40GHz
                            Current: 3606 MHz, Max: 3400 MHz
                            4 CPUs : 1 package(s) x 4 core(s)

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                            • KOMK
                              KOM
                              last edited by KOM

                              OK, so @Rico was bang on the money.

                              Some Google-Fu shows that this error can happen if you give it a password-protected private key to use. The suggested fix is to run your key through openssl like this:

                              openssl rsa -in YourPrivateKey.pem -out NewPrivateKey.pem
                              
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                              • manjotscM
                                manjotsc @KOM
                                last edited by

                                @KOM how do I do that?

                                Vendor: HP
                                Version: P01 Ver. 02.50
                                Release Date: Wed Jul 17 2024
                                Boot Method: UEFI
                                24.11-RELEASE (amd64)
                                FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT
                                CPU Type: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7500 CPU @ 3.40GHz
                                Current: 3606 MHz, Max: 3400 MHz
                                4 CPUs : 1 package(s) x 4 core(s)

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                                • KOMK
                                  KOM
                                  last edited by

                                  Never mind. That advice only applies if you were making a private key with password-protection. It doesn't apply for a client-connection to a public VPN where you don't use a client cert.

                                  This is really weird. The error message is complaining as if either you need a user/pass and didn't supply one, or it doesn't want a user/pass and you did supply one.

                                  What version of pfSense is this?

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                                  • manjotscM
                                    manjotsc @KOM
                                    last edited by

                                    @KOM 2.4.4-RELEASE-p3 (amd64)
                                    built on Wed May 15 18:53:44 EDT 2019
                                    FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE-p10

                                    Vendor: HP
                                    Version: P01 Ver. 02.50
                                    Release Date: Wed Jul 17 2024
                                    Boot Method: UEFI
                                    24.11-RELEASE (amd64)
                                    FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT
                                    CPU Type: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7500 CPU @ 3.40GHz
                                    Current: 3606 MHz, Max: 3400 MHz
                                    4 CPUs : 1 package(s) x 4 core(s)

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                                    • KOMK
                                      KOM
                                      last edited by

                                      Strange. And what happens when you delete all that and try with your other provider, PureVPN? Exact same symptoms and error?

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                                      • manjotscM
                                        manjotsc @KOM
                                        last edited by

                                        @KOM ya same thing

                                        Vendor: HP
                                        Version: P01 Ver. 02.50
                                        Release Date: Wed Jul 17 2024
                                        Boot Method: UEFI
                                        24.11-RELEASE (amd64)
                                        FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT
                                        CPU Type: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7500 CPU @ 3.40GHz
                                        Current: 3606 MHz, Max: 3400 MHz
                                        4 CPUs : 1 package(s) x 4 core(s)

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                                        • KOMK
                                          KOM
                                          last edited by

                                          It's suspicious that it fails the same way with a different config and provider.

                                          I don't have any other suggestions, sorry.

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                                          • manjotscM
                                            manjotsc
                                            last edited by manjotsc

                                            I found the problem and it's working now, my pfblocker has the same subnet ip as the purevpn was trying to obtain. Only issue now is when I am connect to openvpn, the dns stops working ex: youtube.com when typed, but if I type the ip of youtube "172.217.13.206" manually on address bar it works.

                                            Vendor: HP
                                            Version: P01 Ver. 02.50
                                            Release Date: Wed Jul 17 2024
                                            Boot Method: UEFI
                                            24.11-RELEASE (amd64)
                                            FreeBSD 15.0-CURRENT
                                            CPU Type: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7500 CPU @ 3.40GHz
                                            Current: 3606 MHz, Max: 3400 MHz
                                            4 CPUs : 1 package(s) x 4 core(s)

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